There was no knock on the door for Joe Kent. No black car with two uniformed officers coming to give him the news like you so often see in the movies. He was working for the government on a classified mission on Jan. 16, 2019, when he heard about ...
The 911 call volume has officially surpassed the volume that New York City’s dispatch received during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. New York has become a battlefront in the war against COVID-19. According to NBC New York, “The FDNY ...
For many people, their exposure to classic literature has been limited to what was shoved in front of them during high school or college. Some of you may have soaked up these novels at the time, but a lot of us breezed through them without taking the ...
Sweeping valleys and highlands, beautiful tree-covered landscapes as far as the eye can see, and about as temperate a climate as you could ask for — that’s Papua New Guinea. Located north of Australia on the eastern part of the island of New Guinea, ...
This article was originally published on April 1, 2020, by the Department of Defense. The Battle of Okinawa, which began 75 years ago, was the last major battle of World War II — and the bloodiest of the Pacific campaign. At dawn on Easter Sunday, ...
The humor in suffering is almost always pondered after the fact in memories — but sometimes it’s the little thoughts that creep in that provide a sense of solace in the surreal moment we are living. For Brigitte Friang, the underground French ...
This article was originally published on March 10, 2020, by the U.S. Army. OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Army National Guardsman Sgt. Darren Watkins, a Soldier with the 2120th Engineer Battalion, 90th Troop Command, Oklahoma Army National Guard, ...
The trees had lost most of their leaves and the bright moon shined overhead on a brisk autumn evening. It was Halloween night, and Minneapolis’ nightlife was buzzing with celebrations. Becky (last name withheld at her request) and her partner ...
This article was originally published on March 9, 2020, by the U.S. Army News Service. ARLINGTON, Va. — Constellations of small satellites orbiting close to Earth may provide faster communications and be less vulnerable than traditional ones, ...
The 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic killed approximately 50 million people, or 3 percent of the global population. Today, it would kill approximately 200 million people if mortality rates remained the same. To put that in perspective, if the United ...
This article was originally published on March 25, 2020, by the U.S. Army News Service. WASHINGTON — Army leaders announced plans to quickly convert unused buildings into makeshift hospitals in multiple states, starting in New York, as hospitals ...
While the U.S. military is ramping up its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, public and private health care staff have been facing the coronavirus head-on for weeks. Paramedics are charged with entering private residences and stopping on public ...
This article was originally published on March 11, 2020, by the U.S. Army. WASHINGTON — A former four-star general who served as the Army's vice chief of staff was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony March 10 at the White ...
There is a wide variety of stories here at Coffee or Die — from a diesel mechanic at the bottom of a boat during the Korean War, to an Afghan commando who sought refuge in the United States, to instructions on how to make coffee in rough places — we ...
Plans change at the last minute. Living by government orders. As the country reacts to event cancellations, school shutdowns, and life under quarantine because of the global coronavirus pandemic, military families are collectively rolling their ...
With quarantines and stay-at-home mandates sweeping the nation, our ability to caffeinate properly has been limited to our homes. While the issue of a pandemic is hard to swallow, coffee-lovers across the globe are making the most out of their time ...
Far too often, veterans who have proven themselves in the military find it difficult to articulate their learned skills in the civilian world. Jason Van Camp — a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, decorated Special Forces veteran, ...
For many soldiers and athletes, losing a leg would be the absolute worst thing that could ever happen to them. But retired Army Colonel Patty Collins chooses to look on the bright side. After all, it didn’t stop her from jumping out of ...
Geraint “Gez” Jones deployed three times to Iraq and Afghanistan with the British Army, where he served in the infantry. While he was initially a reservist and attending college, as soon as the war in Iraq started and his friends were deploying, he ...
This article was originally published on March 20, 2020, by the Department of Defense. Army researchers are working to rapidly develop and test experimental vaccines to combat COVID-19, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said. The Army is also ...
The American-led coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria suspended training operations with Iraqi security forces for at least 60 days in response to concerns about COVID-19, officials announced on Thursday. The coalition will redeploy several ...
As of March 19, 2020, novel coronavirus has been responsible for a global pandemic that has infected more than 267,000 people, killed over 11,000, and left many more jobless. As a new virus, there has been an international race to find a vaccine to ...
At approximately 4:30 PM, Thursday, March 19, the body of Airman First Class Keigan Baker, 24, was recovered after going missing during a surface training swim at Naval Support Activity Panama City, Florida. “Baker was taking part in the Air ...
The U.S. National Guard is gearing up and moving out to assist the general public in a nation-wide effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. As of this publication, there have been 16,545 confirmed cases in the U.S. with 225 deaths. There have been 125 ...
Lance Corporal Chris Fleming didn’t know what day it was. His unit had been in Kuwait for days, maybe weeks, sitting in the desert and waiting to be told what to do. “We finally got the word to deploy, and that was mid-March — I don’t know if it ...
COVID-19, otherwise known as coronavirus, is gaining traction throughout the U.S. military. Thus far, all four branches have presumptive positive or confirmed positive cases of COVID-19. There are currently active cases at Naval Support Activities ...
This story was originally published on March 16, 2020, by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. It wasn’t a surprise when the U.S. Navy ...
This article was originally published on March 16, 2020, by the Department of Defense. As concerns of coronavirus grow, the Defense Department stands ready to provide support wherever it's asked to do so, the assistant to the secretary of defense ...
This article was originally posted on March 12, 2020, by the Department of Defense. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations are an American tradition for anyone with Irish roots, but many may not know that during the Civil War, several Irishmen helped keep ...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, more and more U.S. employees are being volun-told to stay home. For some, that means no work — and no paycheck. For others, that means clocking their hours at the homestead. But “social distancing” from ...
